Karol Adamiecki
born: 17 March 1866 Dąbrowa Górnicza
deceased: 16 May 1933 Warszawa
Patron of the Higher School/Universty of Economics in Katowice 1972-2009
Teacher / master: Hipolit Jewniewicz - engineer of mechanics professor of the Institute of Technology in Petersburg
studies: 1884-1890 Institute of Technology in Petersburg (B.Sc., engineer of mechanics)
Disciples/junior colleagues:
Aleksander Bajkowski, Władysław Baliński, Kazimierz Barliński, Stanisław Borkowski, Stanisław Guzicki, Zbigniew A. Heidrich, Marian Kasiński, Benedykt Nawrocki, Maria Ponikowska, Zygmunt Rytel, Zygmunt Sławiński, Eugeniusz Sochaczewski.
| 1891 - 1898 | Association of “Huta Bankowa” Steelworks, Dąbrowa Górnicza | Draughtsman; assistant to the Head of rolling mill department |
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| 1899 - 1901 | Gustav Hartmann Boiler Factory and Steelworks in Lugansk | Head of the rolling mill |
| 1902 - 1905 | TJoint Stock Company of Iron and Pipes, Yekaterinoslav | Technical director |
| 1905 - 1906 | Ostrowiec Steelworks, Joint-Stock Company in Ostrowiec | Director |
| 1907 | Tsarist Ministry of Industry | Inspector of steelworks in Ural |
| 1908 - 1911 | “Korwinów” Ceramics Works Ltd near Częstochowa | Director |
| 1911 - 1915 | Technology and Consultation Bureau in Warsaw | Owner, consultant |
| 1915 - 1918 | “Lilpop, Rau & Löwenstein” Works (evacuated), Kremienczug | Advisor |
| 1919 - 1933 | Warsaw University of Technology | Professor |
| 1923 - 1933 | Academy of Technical Sciences In Warsaw | Correspondent member of the Faculty of Mechanics |
| 1923 - 1925 | The Circle of Engineers of Organisation in Warsaw | Chairman |
| 1925 - 1933 | The Institute of Scientific Organisation in Warsaw | Founding member |
- Theory of harmonisation of work
- Costs of manufacturing, especially the cost of time
- Determinants of the managerial job
- Socioeconomic status of the science of organisation and management
- Technical and economic upbringing and education
- Development of organisational science
| 1903 | "On principles of collective work” (lecture in Yekaterinoslav; the title given after S. Biedrzycki /1933/, E. Hauswald /1934/) |
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| 1906 | “The programme of improvements in the technical administra-tion of the Ostrowiec Works” (evaluation report) |
| 1908 | "On efficiency of collective work at the factory (repetition of the lecture made in 1903 in Warsaw) |
| 1917 | “The desired direction of technical education in Poland” (me-morial) |
| 1919 | Attempt to establish the Institute of Scientific Organisation of Work |
| 1922 | Establishment of the Chair of the Principles of Organisation of Work and Industrial Companies at the Warsaw University of Technology |
| 1924 | 1st International Congress of Management in Prague (organiser and leader of Polish delegation, lecturer) |
| 1924 | 1st Polish Congress of Scientific Organisation (initiator, organiser and lecturer) |
| 1925 | Establishment of the Institute of Scientific Organisation |
| 1925 | 2nd International Congress of Management in Brussels (negotiator preventing the fracture to happen) |
| 1926 | Founding the “Przegląd Organizacji” /Organisation Re¬view/ (the oldest Polish magazine on organisation and management) |
| 1927 | Vice Chair of the International Committee of Management |
| 1927 | 3rd International Congress of Management in Rome (co-host of the debate) |
| 1928 | 2nd Polish Congress of Scientific Organisation; honoured with ceremonial address and State award by the participants (Commander’s Cross with Star) |
| 1932 | Plaque d’Or (golden medal granted at the 5th International Congress of Management in Amsterdam) |
| 1909 | Graphic methodology of collective work organisation in rolling mills | „Przegląd Techniczny” No. 17, 18, 19, 20 |
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| 1923 | Social meaning of the engineer's work in the industry | „Przegląd Techniczny” No. 41, 42, 43, 44 |
| 1924 | Harmonisation as one of the main foundations of the scientific organisation | „Przegląd Techniczny” No. 49, 52, 53 |
| 1925 | Post of the engineer as a head of manufacturing works | Scientific organisation of work 1st Polish Congress 1924, Warsaw |
| 1926 | H. Le Chatelier: Philosophy of the Taylor’s system (selection, layout, translation and foreword) | The Institute of Scientific Organisation, Warsaw |
| 1927 | Remarks on own costs of manufacture | „Przegląd Organizacji” No. 1 |
| 1927 | Control as a rule of scientific organisation | „Przegląd Organizacji” No. 5 |
| 1927 | General William Crozier (article in Polish and English version) | „Przegląd Organizacji” No. 10 |
| 1927 | La théorie de l’harmonisation et les harmonogrammes du prof. Adamiecki (adaptation of Theresa Leroy) | "Mon Bureau" No. 11, 12 |
| 1928 | Henry Le Chatelier as a successor of F. W. Taylor (introduction) | The Institute of Scientific Organisation, Warsaw |
| 1929 | Short history of development of scientific organisation in Poland in the background of its development in other countries | „Przegląd Organizacji” No. 5 |
| 1930 | Scientific organisation or improvements? | „Przegląd Organizacji” No. 1 |
| 1930 | L’Organisation Scientifique ou Rationalisation | "Bulletin du Comité National de l’Organisation Française" No. 9 |
| 1931 | The Harmonograph | „Przegląd Organizacji” nr 1 |
| 1931 | L'harmonogramme ou tableau harmonographique | "Mon Bureau" No. 4 |
| 1931 | Graficke znazorneni provozu harmonografeni | "Nova Prace" No. 7-8 |
| 1931 | Der Harmonograph, ein neuartiges Mittel zur schaubildlichen Darstellung von Betriebsvorgängen | "Wirtschaftlichkeit" No. 108 |
| 1931 | Le travail collectiff et la loi de l’harmonisation industrieIle | "Bulletin du Comité National Belge de l’Organisation Scientifiquel" No. 9, 10, 11, 12 |
| 1932 | The science of organisation and its role in economic life | Warsaw 1932 |
| 1932 | Application de la science de l’organisation á la vie economique | "Bulletin du Comite National de l’Organisation Française" No. 6 |
| 1933 | The Garmonograf | Standartizacja i racjonalizacja, Moscow-Leningrad 1933 |
| 1938 | On the essence of scientific organisation (selection of works with the foreword of Polish and foreign Authors) | The Circle of Scientific Organisation of Students of the University of Technology, Warsaw |
| 1948 | Harmonisation of work (layout and content pre-pared by Z. Zbichorski) | INOiK, Warsaw |
| 1970 | On the science of organisation (selection of works prepared by Z. Heidrich) | PWE, Warsaw |
| 1985 | On the science of organisation (selection of works prepared by Z. Heidrich) - 2nd edition | TNOiK and PWE, Warszawa |
author: Alojzy Czech (address for correspondence: aczech@ue.katowice.pl)
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